On Jan 11, 1:54*am, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Mizter T wrote





But no, worry not, this isn't the thin end of the wedge in the sense
of
London's bus services becoming fragmented - ticket acceptance (or
lack
thereof) on commercial services that run into Greater London from the
there-be-dragons territory beyond the boundary is something of an
edge issue
(in both senses of the word) - meanwhile the tendered nature of the
London
Bus network is not under any threat (thankfully!).

Not that it's an

unimportant issue, mind - I'd think that ideally most such services
(local
ones at least, not express coach services) should accept TfL tickets
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...-Oyster-NR.pdf for
journeys wholly within Greater London.

Which would require them to install Oyster card readers and
particicipate in the ODTC revenue sharing system. Plus would they be
paid nothing for an Oyster card *that had reached its daily cap or a
child photocard ?


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...-Oyster-NR.pdf
suggests that TfL are looking to extend Oyster to bus companies
outside London as part of the contactless payment card acceptance
scheme, presumably using the PAYG balance as an e-purse to purchase
the bus companies existing products.